Apparatus for refining oil.



FLEMING.

APPARATUS FOR REFINING OIL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1908.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910. \3 kg JOHN G. FLEMING, O1? WAQSHINQ'ION, DI'BTRIGT OB COLUMBIA.

APPARATUS FOR EEZ' NING OIL.

Specification 01' Letters latent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

Application flied July 8, 1908. Serial No. 441,728.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, at present resld: ing in the city of Washington, District oi Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Refining Oil, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is an improved form of ap paratus for purifying and refining oils and other liquids, the ob ect being to provide a simple and efficient form of apparatus by means of which the process of refining and purifying oils and other liquids can be quickly and easily carried out, and wlth these objects in view my invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification :F1gure 1 is a vertical sectlonal view partly in elevation of an apparatus constructed 1n accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a face view of one of the screens.

In carrying out my invention I employ a trough-shaped receptacle A which is made any suitable length and is surrounded upon the sides and bottom by means of a jacket B, said jacket and trough closed at the top by means of a cover 0. The trough and jacket are both closed at the ends, and passing horizontally through the trough is a shaft D working in stuifing boxes E and journaled in brackets F, and rotated from a band-wheel or pulley G mounted upon either end of said shaft. lhis shaft has a series of dashers H mounted thereon, each dasher consistin of a circular rim H and a plurality of re iating blades H said blades being so arranged as to rapidly force the liquid from the righthand end of the trough toward the left hand end. Between each pair of dashers I arrange a screen I, throu h which the liquid is ra idly forced, there y breaking up the liqui and separating the impurities therefrom; and for the purpose of forcing the liquid through the wire screen, I make the lower portion of each screen solid as most clearly shown at I.

Ad acent each partition, a pipe K, is tapped into the bottom of the trough, said pipe extending through the jacket and at its owcr end is provided with a discharge cock K. The liquid to be purified is fed from a ho per L through the pipe L, into a glass to ulurc M mounted u n the top of the receptacle adjacent the right-hand end and directly over the opening M produced in the top of the receptacle and another pipe L also leads into t is tubulure for the urpose oi introducing the pro or chemicals m with the llqllld to be puri ed. A supplemental dasher N is arranged adjacent the end of the receptacle. upon the opposite side of the opening M for the purpose of starting the liquid toward the opposite end of the re ceptacle thereby bringing it immediately under the influence of the series of dashers and screens.

About midway the length of the receptacle I preferably arrange a second glass tubulure 0 into which leads a pipe 0' through which as, air or any other fluid may be passed or the purpose of carrying out the purifying process.

A partition I is arranged adjacent the left-hand end of the receptacle, this artit1on 15 cut away at the lower end as s own at P so that the purified liquid can be drawn ofli through the discharge pi e Q. B. indicates a pipe communicating wit the acket and b means of which a heating or coohng liquid can be introduced into the acket whenever desired, and also drawn off.

In the use of this apparatus the oil or other liquid is fed into the right-hand end of the machine and rapidly passed through the various screens by means of the series of dashers, and by the use of the solid por- Home the liquid is forced through the wire screens; and by means of the pipes K and cocks K every portion of the receptacle can be drained.

It will thus be seen that I provide asimple and highly efiicient form of machine for the mixing of purifying agents with oils or other H uids as well as providin for a thorough mixing and nt-omizing o? the ingredients.

Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a machine of the kind described, a. receptacle provided with inlet and outlet means, a horizontal rotary shaft ussing through the receptacle, a series of flashers mounted upon said shaft, a series of screens arranged within the receptacle, each screen being adjacent a dasher. the lower portion of each screen being solid, :1 draw-oil pipe tapped into the bottom of the receptacle adjncent each screen and a supplemental dusher arranged adjacent the feed end of the receptacle, as set forth.

2. In a device of the kind described, a covered receptacle, vertically arranged screens dividing said receptacle into a plurality of compartments, means arranged ad jacent each screen for forcing a llqllld through said screen, a tnbulure arranged upon said receptacle at one end, the forcing means above mentioned forcing the liqui in a direction away from said tubulure, a hopper, a discharge pipe connectmg said hop er with the tu ulure and a second pipe lea mg to the tubulul'e discharging therein for the purpose of introducing suitable chemicals into the liquid, and means for introducing a fluid into the receptacle at a point midway its ends, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine of the kind described, a receptacle rovided with a jacket, :1 tubulure throng 1 which material is passed to the receptacle, a horizontal rotary shaft passing through the receptacle, 2. series of ashers mounted thereon, a series of screens arranged within the receptacle, each screen o'uaoau being adjacent a dashcr, the lower portion of each screen being solid, a draw-ofi-pipe tapped into the bottom of the receptacle adacent each screen and a su plemental dasher arranged ad'acent the f ed-end of the receptacle as set orth.

4. In a machine of the kind described, a receptacle provided with a jacket and havmg a cover, said cover having openings through winch liquid and gas can be introduced into the receptacle, glass tubulures connected to the cover of the receptacle, a horizontal rotary shaft passing throu h the receptacle, :1 SBIIBS of dashers monnte upon the said shaft a series of stationary screens arranged within the receptacle adjacent each dasher, the lower portion of each screen helng solid, at draw-off pipe ta ped into the bottom of the receptac e a acent each screen, and a su plemental dasher arranged adjacent the is -end of the receptacle, and a discharge ipe all arran ed and adapted to operate su stantially as escrib d.

JOHN C. FLEMING.

Witnesses:

Cues. E. Bacon, P. H. Moon. 

